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title: "Credit Karma vs Credit Sesame: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Credit Karma or Credit Sesame? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Credit repair services set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Credit Karma vs Credit Sesame: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Credit Karma or Credit Sesame? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Credit repair services set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Credit Karma and Credit Sesame
- **Competitive set**: Credit repair services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Credit Karma Share of Search**: 35.2%
- **Credit Sesame Share of Search**: 0.78%

## Which is more popular in search, Credit Karma or Credit Sesame?

- In August 2026, Credit Karma had more branded searches than Credit Sesame among credit repair services worldwide. Credit Karma was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to Credit Sesame’s 74K, and held a 35.2% Share of Search versus Credit Sesame’s 0.78%.
- Credit Karma was ahead of Credit Sesame in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Credit Karma’s estimated Share of Search among credit repair services worldwide moved from 35.1% to 35.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 3.4M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Credit Sesame’s estimated Share of Search among credit repair services worldwide moved from 1.2% to 0.78%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 74K.

## How did search popularity change for credit repair services worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Credit Karma lost estimated Share of Search among credit repair services worldwide, from 36.1% to 35.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Credit Sesame worldwide fell 32.7% over 11 measured months, from 110K to 74K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Credit Karma estimated searches | Credit Karma Share of Search | Credit Karma rank | Credit Sesame estimated searches | Credit Sesame Share of Search | Credit Sesame rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3.4M | 35.1% | 1 | 110K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.4M | 38.5% | 1 | 90.5K | 1% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.7M | 33.9% | 1 | 90.5K | 1.1% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 3.4M | 35.1% | 1 | 110K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 3.4M | 35.1% | 1 | 110K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 4.1M | 38.5% | 1 | 110K | 1% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.4M | 35.1% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.95% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3.4M | 36% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.97% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.4M | 36% | 1 | 90.5K | 0.97% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 3.4M | 36.1% | 1 | 74K | 0.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.4M | 35.2% | 1 | 74K | 0.78% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Credit Karma’s and Credit Sesame’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Credit Karma**: Measured on the search term “credit karma”.
- **Credit Sesame**: Measured on the search term “credit sesame”.

- [Credit Karma profile](/demand/global-en/brands/credit-karma)
- [Credit Sesame profile](/demand/global-en/brands/credit-sesame)
- [All credit repair services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/credit-repair-services): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Credit Karma or Credit Sesame?

In August 2026, Credit Karma had more branded searches than Credit Sesame among credit repair services worldwide. Credit Karma was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to Credit Sesame’s 74K, and held a 35.2% Share of Search versus Credit Sesame’s 0.78%.

## Cite this page

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